Ant McPartlin is to take a break from television for at least a year, and will miss the next series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! while the next series of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway has been axed.

In a statement, the 42-year-old said he would not return to I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! – which is expected to return to ITV in November or December – until at least 2019, and he has agreed to postpone next year’s Saturday Night Takeaway until 2020.

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